Flushing device for water-closets



(No Model.)

v N. P. EMMET. FLUSHING DEVICE FOR WATER CLOSETS.

No. 573,582 Patented 1360.22, 1896.

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v WITNESSES I TTORNEYJ' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- NATHANIEL PARKER EMHET, OF NEWBURG, NEIV YORK.

FLUSHING DEVICE FOR WATER-CLOSETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 573,582, dated December 22, 1896.

Application filed August 4, 1896. Serial No. 601,611. (No model.)

T all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHANIEL PARKER EMMET, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newburg, in the county of Orange and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flushing Devices for ater-Closets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts wherever found throughout the several views.

This invention relates to automatic flushing devices for water-closets, and the object thereof is to provide a device of this class which is adapted to be connected with the basin of a water-closet and with the flushvalve of a suitable water-tank, and which is adapted to be operated when the pressure is removed from the cover or basin.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which Figure 1 is a side view of the basin of a \Val381-ClOS6l3, showing the method of operating my improved flushing apparatus; and Figs. 2 and 3 are perspective views of details of the construction.

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown at 5 an ordinary watercloset basin, and in the practice of myinvention I secure to the floor in the front thereof a tubular standard 6, to the rear upper por- Lion of which is secured a pulley 7, and a similar pulley 8 is mounted at the back of the basin. I also provide an arm or other support 9, which is connected with the floor adjacent to the tubular standard 6, and one end of which projects upwardly and backwardly over said standard and is provided with a head 10, through which passes a verticallymovable rod 12, the lower end of which is contained within the tubular standard 6, and the upper end of the rod 12 is provided with a latch-block 13, which is connected there with by means of a ring or loop 14, secured to the back thereof, and which passes over a knob 15 at the upper end of the rod 12. Secured to the upper portion of the rod 12 is a rope, cord, or chain 16, which passes downwardly and around the pulley 7 backwardly and around the pulley 8, and upwardly to the water-tank, which is not shown and with the valve of which it is connected.

I have also shown in Fig. 1 the usual seat 17, which is hinged at 18, and said seat is provided near its front portion with a soft-rubber block or other spring 19, which is adapted to bear on the front of the basin 5, and secured to the lower side of the seat 17, near the outer edge thereof, is a staple or loop 20, provided with the usual cross-head 21, and pivotally mounted on said cross-head is a latch-lever 22, provided with a central longitudinal slot 23, and the longer arm of said lever hangs downwardly, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and the shorter arm thereof projects backwardly and upwardly, as shown at 24:, and is adapted to bear on or to strike the lower side of the seat 17.

The rod 12 is vertically movable in the tubular standard or keeper 6, and the operation will be readily understood from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the. accompanying drawings and the following statement thereof.

\Vhenever pressure is applied to the seat, the latter is depressed against the operation of the spring 19 and the locking-lever 22 drops downwardly and engages with the outwardlydirected head 25 of the latch-block 13, which is free to swing on the rod 12, the upper side of the head 25 thereof being inclined backwardly, as shown at 26, and when the pressure is removed from the seat the spring 19 throws the front edge thereof upwardly, and this operation raises the rod 12, pulls down the cord 16, and opens the valve (not shown) in the flush-tank and the water rushes into the basin, as will be readily understood, and at the same time the upward movement of the seat releases the lever 22 from the head 25 of the latch-block 13 and the rod 12 drops downwardly and the valve in the flush-tank, with which the cord 16 is connected, is closed, and the object of connecting the latch-block 13 with the rod 12, as described, is to enable the latch-block to swing freely thereon, so that the head or upperend may be free to move back and forth, this operation facilitating the operation of the latch-lever 22, as above described.

I have not shown the water or flush tank nor the connections thereof with the basin 5,

for the reason that they form no part of this invention and may be constructed and connected with the basin in any desired manner.

My improved apparatus for operating the valve of the water or flush tank is simple in construction and operation and perfectly adapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended, and it is evident that changes in and modifications of the construction herein described may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. The herein-described apparatus for operating the valve of a flush-tank in waterclosets, which consists of a tubular standard or receiver, adjacent to the basin, a vertically-movable rod mounted therein, and provided at its upper end with a latch-block which is movably connected therewith, a rope, cord or chain connected with said rod, and passing down wardly around a pulley connected with said standard, backwardly to a suitably-supported pulley at the rear of the basin, and upwardly to the valve of the flush-tank, and devices connected with the hinged seat of the basin for operating said verticallymovable rod, substantially as shown and described.

2. The herein-described apparatus for operating the valve of a flush-tank in waterclosets, which consists of a tubular standard or receiver, adjacent to the basin, a vertically-movable rod mounted therein, and provided at its upper end with a latch-block which is movably connected therewith, a rope, cord or chain connected with said rod, and passing d ownwardl y around a pulley connected with said standard, backwardly to a suitably-supported pulley at the rear of the basin,

and upwardly to the valve ofthe'flush-tank, and devices connectedwith the hinged seat of the basin for operating said vertically-movable rod, consisting of a rubber or other spring secured to the under side thereof, and adapted to bear on the basin, and a latch-lever pivotally connected with the under side of the seat and adapted to operate in connection with the latch-bolt on the vertically-movable rod, substantially as shown and described.

3. The herein-described apparatus for operating the Valve of a flush-tank in waterclosets, which consists of a tubular standard or receiver, adjacent to the basin, a vertically-movable rod mounted therein, and provided at its upper end with a latch-block which is movabl y connected therewith, a rope, cord or chain connected with said rod, and passing downwardly around a pulley connected with said standard, backwardly to a suitably-supported pulley at the rear of the basin, and upwardly to the valve of the flush-tank, and devices connected with the hinged seat of the basin for operating said vertically-movable rod, consisting of a rubber or other spring secured to the under side thereof, and adapted to bear on the basin, and a latch-lwer pivotally connected with the under side of the seat and adapted to operate in connection with the latch-bolt on the vertically-movable rod, said latch-leverbein g provided with a slot or opening which is adapted to engage with an inclined head formed on said latch-bolt, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 31st day of July, 1896.

NATHANIEL PARKER EMU ET. lVitnesses:

JOHN B. CORWIN,

L. S. STERRIT. 

